SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference Release 9.0.1 Part Number A88827-02 |
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The SQL*Plus (pronounced "sequel plus") User's Guide and Reference introduces the SQL*Plus program and its uses. It also provides a detailed description of each SQL*Plus command.
This preface contains these topics:
SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference is intended for business and technical end users and system administrators who perform the following tasks:
To use this document, you need a basic understanding of the SQL database language. If you do not have any familiarity with this database tool, you should refer to the Oracle9i SQL Reference. If you plan to use the PL/SQL database language in conjunction with SQL*Plus, refer to the PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference for information on using PL/SQL.
This document contains:
Contains SQL*Plus user guide and tutorial content.
An overview of SQL*Plus, with instructions on using this guide, and information on what you need to run SQL*Plus.
Explains how to start SQL*Plus and enter and execute commands. You learn by following step-by-step examples using sample tables.
Contains further examples to help you learn to edit commands, save them for later use, and write interactive commands.
Uses examples to explain how you can format columns, clarify your reports with spacing and summary lines, define page dimensions and titles, store and print query results, and output query results to the web.
Intended for use by Database Administrators (DBAs). It covers basic database administration features in SQL*Plus.
Explains how to connect to default and remote databases, and how to copy data between databases and between tables on the same database.
Contain SQL*Plus Command Reference and Appendixes.
Explains how to access SQL*Plus from the operating system prompt, and how to access online help.
Provides a summary of SQL*Plus commands and detailed descriptions of each SQL*Plus command in alphabetical order.
Lists messages generated by SQL*Plus, including COPY command error messages. It explains their causes, and appropriate actions for error recovery.
Lists new features and enhancements for this release.
Lists the maximum values for elements of SQL*Plus.
Lists the major SQL commands and clauses.
Explains how to restrict access to certain SQL*Plus and SQL commands.
Provides information on Obsolete SQL*Plus commands.
Defines technical terms associated with Oracle and SQL*Plus.
For more information, see these Oracle resources:
Many of the examples in this book use the sample schemas of the seed database, which is installed by default when you install Oracle. Refer to Oracle9i Sample Schemas for information on how these schemas were created and how you can use them yourself.
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This section describes the conventions used in the text and code examples of this documentation set. It describes:
We use various conventions in text to help you more quickly identify special terms. The following table describes those conventions and provides examples of their use.
Code examples illustrate SQL, PL/SQL, SQL*Plus, or other command-line statements. If users are expected to type them into the system, they are identified by the keyboard icon shown in the margin following. They are displayed in a monospace (fixed-width) font and separated from normal text as shown in this example:
SELECT username FROM dba_users WHERE username = 'MIGRATE';
Similarly, output from an example is identified by a computer screen icon in the margin as shown in the margin following.
PAGESIZE 24
Where both icons occur together, it implies interative entry and output.
1 1* SELECT LAST_NAME, SALARY APPEND , COMMISSION_PCT;
The following table describes typographic conventions used in code examples and provides examples of their use.
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JAWS, a Windows screen reader, may not always correctly read the code examples in this document. The conventions for writing code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, JAWS may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.
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